Mobile Minutes: Facebook's video calling; Uber delivers food; Tencent's smartphone software; Huawei's budget phone
Facebook adds video calling to Messenger mobile app
The feature, announced Monday, differs from other video services like Skype and
FaceTime because it allows users to quickly upgrade conversations to video from
texting within the app, said Stan Chudnovsky, Messenger?s head of product.
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more on Wall Street Journal
Uber says it can deliver food in NYC in 10 minutes
Uber will already ferry you just about anywhere you want to go, hook you up
with a carpool, help you move, and deliver packages for you. Now, depending on
where you live, Uber drivers will also bring you a freshly cooked meal.
Read more on Wired
Tencent challenges Google, Alibaba with own smartphone
software
Tencent Holdings Ltd. released an operating system for smartphones and
smartwatches Tuesday as it tries to win more of the 557 million Chinese
accessing the Internet through mobile devices.
Read more on Bloomberg
Huawei releases new Honor budget smartphone, to be sold
online
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd launched on Tuesday the Honor 4C smartphone, the
latest bid by the Chinese technology firm to gain market share in the highly
competitive budget handset segment from domestic rivals such as Xiaomi Inc.
Read more on Reuters